titular
IPA: tˈɪtʃʌɫɝ
noun
- One who holds a title.
- The person from whom a church takes its special name; distinguished from a patron, who must be canonized or an angel.
adjective
- Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
- Existing in name only; nominal.
- Named or referred to in the title.
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Examples of "titular" in Sentences
- She is the titular protagonist of the show.
- Rover is the titular character of the story.
- My focus is the removal of the titular prefixes.
- Only the titular head of the church was changed.
- The governor remained the titular head of state.
- She is the titular character of the Lufia series.
- The constable is the titular head of the Honorary Police.
- He was the titular chieftain or king of the island of Maui.
- The other advocates are called titular or simple advocates.
- The Chancellor is the titular head of the University of Edinburgh.
- Edge magazine attributed the success of the game to the titular character.
- That's why they all have a so-called titular church here that they become responsible for.
- But for a whole generation Alex Chilton is best-known as the titular subject of a Replacements song.
- In the conservatory of a small west London hotel, Cesar Millan - better known as the titular star of the hit programme
- Quebec was not erected into a bishop's see until 1670, when its bishop was no longer called titular Bishop of Petræa, but Bishop of Quebec.
- I'm sucked in to politics right now like a hungry tick on a bloodhound which means I've heard Joe Lieberman say the word titular one too many times today.
- The exempt archbishops are called titular archbishops, i.e. they possess only the title of archbishop, have no suffragan bishops, and administer a diocese.
- Based on a true 18th Century Japanese story, the film follows a band of samurai swordsmen who are shamed into becoming the titular ronin — a Japanese word meaning lordless samurai, and must avenge the death of their master.